Metabolize Definition

mĭ-tăbə-līz
metabolized, metabolizes, metabolizing
verb
metabolized, metabolizes, metabolizing
To change by or subject to metabolism.
Webster's New World
To perform metabolism.
Observed that the cells had stopped metabolizing.
American Heritage Medicine
To undergo change by metabolism.
A compound that metabolizes in the liver.
American Heritage Medicine
Synonyms:
  • metabolise

Metabolize Sentence Examples

  • If the liver does not metabolize estrogen properly, PMS will result.

  • People who lack the enzyme to convert phenylalanine to tyrosine are not able to metabolize phenylalanine normally.

  • For example, they synthesize the vitamins B and K and metabolize bile acids and other sterols.

  • Vitamin B helps the body metabolize the alcohol and also dilates the blood vessels.

  • The human liver can metabolize about one drink per hour.

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